Was God the first scientist?
John Van Sloten, author of God Speaks Science, looks at why science is one of the Church’s greatest allies. Read his first and second instalments of this mini-series here – ‘Jesus speaks supernovae’ and ‘Does God still bring water from rocks?’
Who first conceived of the physical laws of the Universe? Who wrote the languages of physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology? Who took these laws and languages and spoke the cosmos into being?
Only God could do these things.
It was this belief that led 16th Century astronomer Johannes Kepler to say that (in doing his work as an astronomer) he was thinking God’s thoughts after God.
It is a compelling thought for the rationally minded – that their very way of thinking is wired… (Register to read the rest of the article)
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